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Study: AVs May Not Detect Darker-Skinned Pedestrians As Often As Lighter Ones

Driverless cars are worse at detecting darker skin pigments, meaning that autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities, according to a new study.

June 17, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

Four Signs This Might Be Micromobility’s Big Moment

From soaring ridership to major expansion, there's new evidence that reports of the micromobility industry's early death to COVID-19 may have been greatly exaggerated.

June 16, 2020

Streetsblog USA |AAA

Study: For Nearly Half of Drivers, Threat of Police Enforcement Doesn’t Deter Texting

An over-focus on enforcement poses unconscionable dangers to black residents — and it doesn't even deter many dangerous drivers.

June 11, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Children

Safe Routes to School Drops Recommendation of Police Enforcement

Black activists have long maintained that police presence is a barrier to the safe use of the streets for Black children. Now, a major national program is listening — and making big changes.

June 10, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

New Trump Executive Order Will Pollute Black Communities

By dismantling key environmental protections, Trump is empowering cities to build highways through black neighborhoods — a heinous form of environmental racism that has killed countless Americans.

June 8, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Boondoggles

Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism

Racist highway policies of the 1940s and 1950s are still with us today.

June 7, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Today's Headlines

Talking Headways Podcast: The Biggest Real Estate Manager

The person who runs a city's Department of Transportation controls around 30 percent of the city's public space — and needs to think that way.

June 5, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bike/Ped

CDC Revise Awful COVID-19 Commuting Recommendations, But They’re Still Not Great

The Centers for Disease Control is still encouraging financial incentives for single occupancy car commutes — and failing to address the barriers to other modes.

June 4, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Accessibility

Protests Lay Bare Structural Racism in Transit Policing

Even after COVID-19, the governor and MTA doubled down on hiring more cops for the subway. Will a popular movement open a debate about the control of public space?

June 3, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Events

Op-Ed: Police Have Always Limited Black People’s Mobility and Safety in Public Space

This moment is an opportunity to redefine the role of police and center Black lives, our freedom, and our movement through spaces.

June 3, 2020

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